Mixed media on wood
250 x 300 x 14 cm (98 3/8 x 118 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Phillips
Contemporary Art Day
London Auction 16 October 2014 2pm
Sold for £80,500
Exhibited
Zürich, de Pury & Luxembourg, Waking Up Nights, 17 February -17 March 2007
Catalogue Essay
"Brazil is a hot-blooded country where, as they say, 'one doesn’t need much to be happy.' In keeping with this way of life, we learned to improvise: a serious problem can turn into a joke, jokes can turn into problems. Ours is a country in which people have learned to do much with very little. To improvise is the best way to make art." Os Gêmeos
